Hello David!

Off topic for -html. Replying privately and to -graphics in case you 
don't carry that list.

> Referencing http://www.dezignet.co.nz/
> 
> Really incredible how well placed each piece of a composite (several
> gifs fitted together to make one image) is.
> 
> How would one compose the pieces in a composite?  Do you just cut
> them from a single image in Photoshop or Illustrator?  Is it hard to
> place them correctly on the page?  Any tips?

I think the only reasonable way to do this would be to start with a 
full image and cut it into pieces. Continuity between segments would 
otherwise be essentially impossible.

Can be done with almost any image editor.

However I've been having a lot of FUN with Boutell's gd and have put 
up an online utility to do this. 

GIFSplit [tm]

Only for GIF, not JPEG. 

Requires that the image to be 'adjusted' reside somewhere on the
'net.

There are four steps involved.

1) Name the URL of the image. GIFSplit finds it and grabs a copy.

2) Declare how many horizontal and vertical segments to carve the 
image.

3) Declare the points at which to carve the image.

4) Download the segments returned. Use View | Source to grab the 
TABLE structure. Change GIF filenames returned to suit.

Two caveats:

Requires a 'modern' browser that supports HTTP 1.1. NN2, MSIE3 etc. 
or better.

I -think- it rarely sometimes does some 'odd' things to the palette 
of the returned images. I've only see it happen to one image and 
would like to hear if it happens to any others.

Have at it: http://www.jbarchuk.com/gifsplit/

And have a :) day!

jim barchuk
mailto:jb(at)jbarchuk.com
http://www.jbarchuk.com

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